Fast-casual chains strengthened their gains on the overall restaurant industry, with the top 150 fast-casual chains growing 8.4 percent to $21.5 billion in 2011, a faster rate than in 2010 (6.6 percent). In comparison, 2011 sales growth for the Top 500 U.S. chains was 3.5 percent. Total fast-casual units among the Fast Casual Top 150 increased […]

Cybera, Inc. today announced Jason’s Deli has selected the Cybera ONE security services to prevent customer information theft from rogue wireless networks. Cybera ONE’s rogue wireless detection service provides Jason’s Deli with a cost-effective and easy-to-deploy solution that exceeds Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) rogue access point scanning requirements. Jason’s Deli is a […]

Jason’s Deli, which feeds more than 50 million people annually in 28 states, won the Best Restaurant Chain survey by Parents magazine. The survey measures where families can get the most nutritious foods for the best price while also having the least stressful experience. The results of the 10 Best Restaurant Chains survey appear in the […]

Wendy’s takes Top Food crown among chains with more than 5,000 units, while In-N-Out is tops in the less-than-5,000 category.

The Food Network featured the Jason’s Deli signature sandwich on Unwrapped this week.

The brand is No. 5 on the magazine’s top 10 list.

Lean and Mean In the past six months, Ed Frechette has noticed a trend. “People on Wall Street are coming to Au Bon Pain for meetings and interviews,” says Frechette, senior vice president of marketing for the Boston-based chain, which has locations in New York City. Financial executives are not the only ones looking to […]

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Deli Management to deploy solution at all corporate stores and offer the solution to franchisees

You’ve heard trans fat is bad, but there are actually two kinds. What does that mean for restaurants?